See also: [[Unattractiveness of atheism]]
=== Militant atheism, mockery, anger and intelligence ===
''See also:'' [[Atheism and intelligence]]
Atheists have a reputation for being angry (See: [[Atheism and anger]]).
[[Image:Billcraig_czvx.jpg|thumb|200px|[[William Lane Craig]] ]]
As noted above, research indicates that anger takes resources away from the executive decision making of the prefrontal cortex part of the brain.<ref>[http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/leading-emotional-intelligence/201104/where-did-my-iq-points-go Where did my IQ points go?]</ref> The foolish nature of atheists and their irrational anger and bouts of rage towards God and/or Christians often causes [[militant atheism|militant atheists]] to behave irrationally (See: [[Atheism and hatred of God]]).<ref>[http://www.voxday.net/mart/TIA_free.pdf Irrational Atheists]</ref>
The militant [[Soviet atheism|Soviet atheists]] who aggressively attempted their atheistic [[communism|communist]] ideology around the world had their empire collapse due to their [[Atheism and morality|corrupt atheist]] leaders implementing many foolish policies. Furthermore, the historical data indicates that large sectors of the [[Soviet Union]]'s populace failed to adopt atheism in significant numbers despite great efforts to try to make this occur.<ref>[http://www.thedivineconspiracy.org/Z3211C.pdf Forced Secularization in Soviet Russia: Why an Atheistic Monopoly Failed]</ref>
[[New Atheism]], a recent form of militant atheism, has a reputation for shallow arguments. For example, atheist philosopher Dr. [[Michael Ruse]] declared concerning Richard Dawkins' book ''The God Delusion'': "''The God Delusion'' makes me embarrassed to be an atheist."<ref>http://www.alternet.org/media/47052?page=entire</ref>
Dr. [[William Lane Craig]] is one of Christianity's leading defenders and many individuals over the years have attempted to arrange a debate between Dr. Craig and Richard Dawkins. Richard Dawkins has offered various ruses on why he will not debate William Lane Craig, which Dr. Craig supporters have shown were inconsistent and merely a dodge to avoid debating one of Christianity's strongest advocates.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlnVe934u38&feature=related</ref><ref name="uncommon">[http://www.uncommondescent.com/evolution/william-lane-craig-is-avoided-by-richard-dawkins William Lane Craig is avoided by Richard Dawkins]</ref>
On May 14, 2011, the [[Great Britain|British]] newspaper ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' published a news story entitled "Richard Dawkins accused of cowardice for refusing to debate existence of God".<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/8511931/Richard-Dawkins-accused-of-cowardice-for-refusing-to-debate-existence-of-God.html</ref> In ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' article Dr. [[Daniel Came]], a member of the Faculty of [[Philosophy]] at [[Oxford University]] was quoted as writing to fellow atheist Richard Dawkins concerning his refusal to debate Dr. [[William Lane Craig]], "The absence of a debate with the foremost [[Christian apologetics|apologist]] for Christian theism is a glaring omission on your [[Curriculum vitae|CV]] and is of course apt to be interpreted as cowardice on your part."<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/8511931/Richard-Dawkins-accused-of-cowardice-for-refusing-to-debate-existence-of-God.html Richard Dawkins accused of cowardice for refusing to debate existence of God], ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', May 14, 2011</ref> In October 2011, Dr. Craig went to England and the Daily Telegraph declared that Dawkins is either a fool or a coward for his refusal to debate William Lane Craig plus declared that Dawkins is a "proud man" and a "coward" who puts on an "illiterate, angry schtick" for the public.<ref>[http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/timstanley/100112626/richard-dawkins-is-either-a-fool-or-a-coward-for-refusing-to-debate-william-lane-craig/ Richard Dawkins is either a fool or a coward for refusing to debate William Lane Craig - October 21, 2011 - ''The Daily Telegraph'']</ref>
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